When Ailsa Keppie puts on the hijab for the first time, it solidifies her commitment to her new, chosen religion.
For any woman who has faced similar constraints of marriage, religion, or culture, Ailsa\'s story will help bring clarity and a sense of knowing she is not alone..
Ailsa\'s story is easily recognizable by women who have dimmed their Light in order to survive.
Torn between her inner voices of duty, shame, longing, and hope, she is determined to find the Light that will get her through darkening times.
We are drawn into her inner struggle, often seeing the folly of her choices, but championing her to prevail.
Things are not as blissful as Ailsa would have others believe.
As the story progresses, cracks appear in her relationships.
She welcomes another wife into her marriage hoping to experience the peace and joy of a pious life.
A new mother living in a strange country, under foreign rules, Ailsa experiences isolation and racism, as well as romance and sisterhood, in her quest to fit in with her new community.
She gives up the lights and action of the circus for the position of wife and mother, learns Arabic, and moves to Morocco.
When Ailsa Keppie puts on the hijab for the first time, it solidifies her commitment to her new, chosen religion
